Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39576, John Gill, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
★ Gill, John
NUMBER
S. 39576
CONTENTS

4,599
Vermont Roll
John Gill
Capt Blackman private
Connecticut line. 1777. By Pay
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Enscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of Nov. 1818 and dd to the Hon ble Will m Hunter of the ex of Rep d from Vermont
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818 $ 36. 53
Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 Mar 1819 48. 00
$ 84. 53
Ans. 4. Mar. 17/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Notification sent October 23 d 1820 to Benjamin Swan, Windsor, Vermont.

79 John Gile
CMS
1599
March 14

STATE OF VERMONT, } At a special term of the Supreme Court of Judicature, begun and held at Windsor County...ss. } at Woodstock in the County of Windsor, on the last Monday in July, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and twenty.
ON this first day of August 1820, being the second day of said term, personally appeared in open Court, (the same Court being a Court of record agreeably to the laws of this State, having the power of fine and imprisonment, &c.) John Gill aged Sixty four years, resident in (Widow) in said County of Windsor, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: viz. That he the said John Gill enlisted for the term of three years, on or about the fifth day of March 1777, at New Rochelle in the state of New York in the Company commanded by Capt. Eliza Hockman of Middletown, Conn. in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henshaw in the Connecticut line of the Continental establishment and that he continued to serve in said Corps until March 1780 when he was honorably discharged from said Corps and the service at Morristown in the State of New Jersey.
that he made his original declaration on the Eighteenth day of April 1818. has received a Pension Certificate, No. 4594 And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818;—and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
 1 Loom & Harness for the same with quilt what & everything 7 dollars all old 8.00  4 old Windsor Chairs 2.00 2 Common Chairs 34. 1 Small pot 75 3.09  1 oak table 75 1 spices 37 Shittet & tea kettle both cracked 50 2 old pails 34 1.66  Crockery & knives & forks barely sufficient to live without borrowing 2.00  And the said John Gill further declarath & saith that he was by occupation a Weaver, that he is no longer able to pursue his calling in consequence of being nearly blind, having entirely lost the sight of one eye & the other being poor. That his family consists of himself & his wife only, the latter of whom is 59 years old and disabled having shattered her hip by a severe fall in June 1812 which has never become sound as before it was broken John Gill  $31.05 
Sworn to and declared on the first day of August 1820, before said Court.
Attest, Benjamin Swan Clerk.
STATE OF VERMONT, } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the Supreme Court for Windsor County...ss. } the county of Windsor, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court:—And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Fifty dollars. 5 cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, this five day of August 1820.
Benjamin Swan } Clerk of the Supreme Court for Windsor County.

John Gill 18. apt. priv. verm. Roll admitted.
found on Roll To the Secretary for the Department of War
Washington City
John Gill admitted

John Gill of Windsor in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont, praying that the benefits of the Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war," passed March 18. 1818, may be extended to him, doth make the following
Declaration
The said John Gill, on oath, declareth & saith, that in the month of March A.D. One thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, and as he verily believes, on the fifth day of said month, he enlisted into the service of the United States, on the Continental Establishment, as a private Soldier, under Captain Elijah Blackman, of Middlesex, Connecticut, for the period of three years. That he actually served during the whole of said period, in the said Captain Blackman's Company, in the Regiment, commanded by Colonel Henry Sherburne, who belonged to Newport, Rhode Island, of which said Regiment Jonathan Huggs, the father of the present Post Master General, was, for a short time the Lieutenant Colonel. That, in the month of March, One thousand seven hundred & Eighty, he was honorably discharged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey, having served out the full period of his enlistment; and that his said discharge was signed either by a Colonel Angell or Lieutenant Colonel Cney or Hney, one of whom at that time commanded the Brigade then lying at Morristown.
He further saith that said Regiment to which he belonged, was raised in three States, to wit: Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut, and was usually called a flanking, or flying Regiment, but he believes was considered as of the Connecticut line for that after his discharge & return home to the State of Connecticut, where he then belonged, he was furnished with a final settlement or State note, at the Treasury, in Hartford, Connecticut, where, according to his best remembrance and belief, his said discharge was required of him on his receiving said note. And that his said discharge, if not there, is not now in existence to his knowledge.
The said John Gill further declareth and saith, that he is yet; and ever hath been a Resident Citizen of the United States, that he is now sixty two in years of age - that he hath for several years past been under the necessity of receiving aid from an only son to enable him to subsist, and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support.
John Gill
State of Vermont
County of Windsor, to wit: }
Be it remembered, that at Windsor, in said County of Windsor, personally appeared, before me the undersigned Ebenezer Elisha Luce Judge of Windsor County Court, the above named John Gill and made solemn oath, that the facts contained in the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed, are the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth. This 18 th day of April A.D. 1818
Elisha Luce Assistant Judge Windsor County Court

I Eliza Luce Judge as aforesaid Do hereby Certify that the within named John Pile, hath produced satisfactory Evidence to me, that he is reduced in his Circumstances, and stands in need of Assistance from his Country for Support - and now transmit the proceedings to the Department of War, pursuant to the before mentioned Act of Congress - — Eliza Luce Assistant Judge of Windsor County Court.
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerk's Office July the 8 th AD 1818 Windsor County ss } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, Do hereby Certify that Eliza Luce Esq r . is one of the Assistant Judges of said County Court, and that the foregoing Signatures are his hand writing —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court the day above —
Benj Swan

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Rice S1 39576 , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mch 5 1777 3 years Pri. Elijah Blackman Henry Sherburne Conn                                                                 
Battles engaged in, —
Residence of soldier at enlistment, —
Date of application for pension, Apr. 18 1818 - Claim allowed
Residence at date of application, Windsor - Windsor Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 62 years Died May 7. 1822
Remarks: Wife - name not stated. 59 years in 1820

INVALID.
File No. 39576
John Gill Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 195
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1906 Feb 28 - History to Mary M. Nyman.
M.B.H.